International Sun-Earth Explorer-3 (ISEE-3) mission

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/International_Sun-Earth_Explorer-3_(ISEE-3)_mission
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf spacecraft mission
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:International_Cometary_Explorer_(ICE)
gptkb:ISEE-3
gptkbp:cometEncounterDate 1985-09-11
gptkbp:cometEncountered gptkb:Comet_Giacobini-Zinner
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:Europe
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:International_Cometary_Explorer_(ICE)
gptkbp:goal study solar wind and Earth's magnetosphere
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label International Sun-Earth Explorer-3 (ISEE-3) mission
gptkbp:instrument magnetometers
cosmic ray detectors
energetic particle detectors
plasma detectors
solar wind analyzers
gptkbp:lastContact 2014
gptkbp:laterMissionType comet flyby
gptkbp:launchDate 1978-08-12
gptkbp:launchSite gptkb:Cape_Canaveral_LC-17B
gptkbp:launchVehicle gptkb:Delta_2914
gptkbp:mass 390 kg
gptkbp:missionType heliophysics
cometary science
gptkbp:notableEvent first spacecraft to encounter a comet
first spacecraft to be placed at a Lagrange point (L1)
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:NASA
gptkb:ESA
gptkbp:orbitType halo orbit around L1
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:International_Sun-Earth_Explorer_program
gptkbp:powers 173 watts
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:ISEE-2
gptkbp:renamed gptkb:International_Cometary_Explorer_(ICE)
gptkbp:status inactive
gptkbp:website https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/isee/main/index.html
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Robert_D._Farquhar
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7